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No peace for the peacekeepers in Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 9 days ago
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In a khaki tent shielded by sandbags, four Ugandan officers are watching Black Hawk Down , the Hollywood account of the devastating ambush of US troops in the chaotic streets of Mogadishu. It's maybe not the ideal cinematic fare when you are a peacekeeper...
Tags: Coast of Somalia, Somalia, Mogadishu, Piracy in Somalia, Gulf of Aden, War Conflict, Piracy, Politics, International criminal law, Islamic Courts Union, Operation Atalanta, timeline of the War in Somalia, War in Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Divided regions, Islamist groups
Pirates now hold 70 RP sailors
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 9 days ago
Credibility There are now 70 Filipino seamen being held by Somali pirates, following the kidnapping of 16 Filipinos on board a Greek-flagged ship last Sunday. Foreign affairs spokesman Ed Malaya said the latest captives were among 28 crewmembers of the Maran Centaurus...
Tags: Somalia, Gulf of Aden, Mogadishu, Piracy in Somalia, Piracy, Transport in Somalia, Aden, Politics, MV Sirius Star, MV Stolt Strength, Tank ship, Oil tanker, Combined Task Force 150, War Conflict, Horn of Africa
The Kool-Aid Syndrome and Somalia’s Fading Hope
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 days ago
Credibility Approximately nine months ago the UN-sponsored peace conference in Djibouti produced the current president of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. President Ahmed’s internationally supported unity government continues...
Tags: Somalia, Somalis, Somali Diaspora, Human Rights Watch, Kenya, Mogadishu
New Afghan strategy expected to highlight possibilities, limits of nation-building
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 days ago
Credibility Richburg Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 1, 2009 The revised strategy for Afghanistan that President Obama will announce Tuesday is expected to focus new resources on training Afghan security forces and shoring up the central government,...
Tags: afghan strategy, president obama, East Timor, Somalia, Afghanistan, Mogadishu, Horn of Africa, Politics, Battle of Mogadishu, Least Developed Countries, War Conflict
As Somalian pirates widen their horizons, the cost of ship insurance is soaring
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 days ago
Credibility Marcus Baker, head of the marine practice at Marsh, the insurance broker, said that a shipowner with a vessel worth $100 million (£60 million) could now expect to pay about $150,000 on insurance cover. One year ago it would have cost about $20,000 to...
Tags: war risk, Somalia, Mogadishu, Piracy, Finance, Piracy in Somalia, Kidnap and ransom insurance, Gulf of Aden, Insurance, Types of insurance, Hiscox
Chatelaine editor Sanati fired
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 days ago
Credibility Chatelaine editor in chief Maryam Sanati has been let go by Rogers Communications, publisher of the magazine. Emmy-winning CBS News producer Bernard Birnbaum, who covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War and Watergate,...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, Nairobi, Goodman, Amanda Lindhout, Labor, Entertainment Culture
Teenage pirates sentenced in Thai court
Bangkok :: Thailand | 10 days ago
Credibility A Thai court has handed down 25-year sentences to three Burmese teenage pirates for murdering a British yachtsman off the coast last March. Malcolm Robertson, 64, was beaten with a hammer during a struggle on board his 44-foot yacht "Mr. Bean," named...
Tags: Thai Union Frozen Products, Thailand, fishing boat, Vietnamese, Malcolm Robertson, Robertsons, Linda Robertson, Somalia, Bangkok, Boat people, Tarutao National Marine Park, Boats, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Andaman Sea, Ethnic groups in Thailand, Satun Province
Africa: Inventiveness in the Streets of Nairobi
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 days ago
Credibility Inventiveness in the Streets of Nairobi Dibussi Tande 27 November 2009 In this week's blogging roundup by Dibussi Tande, Nairobi's power outages call for innovative local solutions, Adidas launches a new Kente-theme line of footwear, but gets the history...
UN aid agency makes record $7.1bn appeal for 2010
Geneva :: Switzerland | 10 days ago
Credibility The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $7.1 billion in humanitarian aid for 2010 but said it was finalizing calls for about a billion more, which would push the request to a record high. The amount did not include the requirements for Iraq,...
Tags: John Holmes, humanitarian affairs, Switzerland, Geneva, Politics, Humanitarian aid, Consolidated Appeals Process, Civil Affairs, Disaster Accident, Aid, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarianism, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mine clearance agencies, African Union member states, Sudan, Gaza Strip aid, Central Emergency Response Fund, IRIN, African countries, Israel-Gaza conflict, Least Developed Countries, Humanitarian crisis, Arab League member states, Somalia
Man's body found in car in Edmonton
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 days ago
Credibility Homicide detectives are investigating a broad-daylight slaying after a man's body was discovered in a car behind a downtown laundromat yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the scene, near 105 Street and 106 Avenue, following reports that shots had...
Tags: Edmonton City, Dean Parthenis, Edmonton Sun Homicide, Somalia, Mogadishu, Law Crime
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